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Vans US Open of Surfing Coming July 26th – August 3rd

Vans Joins City in Celebration of 100 Years of Surfing in
Huntington Beach

Vans is proud to announce the highly anticipated return of the Vans US
Open of Surfing to Huntington Beach, California, July
26th-August 3rd, 2014. With a focus on family and community, the Vans
US Open of Surfing will host the world’s best surfing, skateboarding
and BMX action in Huntington Beach as the city celebrates 100 Years of
Surfing. The event will feature Association of Surfing Professionals
(ASP) men’s and women’s competitions, the Vans Joel Tudor Duct Tape
Invitational, and Van Doren Invitational Skate and BMX contests as
well as family activities including movie nights and art exhibitions.

“This is an important year for the Vans US Open of Surfing, the City
of Huntington Beach, and the sport of surfing. We are thrilled to
celebrate 100 years of surfing in Huntington Beach with this iconic
and globally recognized surf, skate and youth festival,” said James
Leitz, Senior Vice President of IMG, owners and operators of the
event. “Surf heritage, youth culture and the beach lifestyle are alive
and well at the Vans US Open of Surfing.”

In 2013, the Vans US Open of Surfing saw surfers Alejo Muniz and
Carissa Moore crowned champions in tough competition from the world’s
best. Action packed with consistent and challenging surf, competitors
traded wave for wave in heated competitions. For 2014, the Vans US
Open of Surfing is a pivotal point on the Men’s ASP Qualification
Series and Women’s World Championship Tour (WCT). For the men, a win
at the Vans US Open – ASP Men’s Prime event – will earn them valuable
points toward a coveted Top 10 QS ranking. And for the women, with a
close race for the ASP World Title, the Vans US Open of Surfing marks
a key midseason stop on the Women’s WCT.Alongside the ASP QS and WCT
competition, Vans will host the ASP Pro Juniors for men’s and women’s,
prepping the field for a spot in the coveted ASP World Junior Championships.

Exciting surf exhibitions will also feature fan favorite, the Vans
Joel Tudor Duct Tape Invitational, an innovative surf series that
showcases the expressive style and creativity of longboarding in its
purest aesthetic. Directed by international surf icon Joel Tudor, the
invite-only competition is set to host 16 talented longboarders
exhibiting the unique evolutional style of longboarding today.

The Vans US Open is thrilled to bring the most anticipated bowl
riding competition of the summer, the Van Doren Invitational, back to
Huntington Beach. Converging in the center of the nation’s largest
action sports festival, the Van Doren Invitational challenges the
world’s finest crew of Pro and Amateur bowl riders to step up in one
glorious all-cement playground, the Vans Pro Bowl. Witness
unparalleled competition as the biggest names go for broke August 1-3
for their share of more than $135,000 in prize money and top honors in
the most premier skateboarding and BMX events in the Open’s history.

“Vans is again honored to be back on the sand in Huntington Beach
for our second year at the Vans US Open of Surfing. We look forward to
bringing world-class competition across, surfing, skateboarding and
BMX to So Cal, the epicenter of action sports, as well as showcasing
the true Van Doren spirit of family to hundreds of thousands of fans
on the beach and on the live webcast,” said Doug Palladini, Vans Vice
President and General Manager of the Americas.

For the time in between the competitions, Vans has put a special
focus on the 100 Years of Surfing in Huntington Beach celebration, and
other family-friendly activities such as the Van Doren Village, the
Art and Soul of Surfing exhibit at the Huntington Beach Art Center, a
free and public showing of Vans’ newest surf film Get-N Classic Vol.
3, and family movie nights.

The 2014 Vans US Open of Surfing will run from July 26 to August
3 and use the official hashtag #vansusopen. All events are free and
open to the public and can be viewed daily on the live webcast at www.vansusopenofsurfing.com. CBS Sports will also
air two live one-hour wrap up shows throughout the course of the
event. The surfing event will also be broadcast internationally,
bringing the live action to more than 110 countries around the globe.

The Vans US Open of Surfing is proudly sponsored by FIAT, iON
Cameras, G-Shock, Pacifico, Paul Mitchell Salon Haircare, Red Bull,
and GrindMedia.